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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16
MOTLEY AND BISMARCK.


\ Humorous Incident in American Diplo-
macy Which Caused Great Excitement.
Motley. the historian, while at the
University of Gottingen, made the ac-
quaintaucc of Il student who j. now
known as 1.-THE man of blood and
IRON Bismarck and he became
friends. and the friendship lasted until
Motley's death. The two students were
once arrested and lodged in the guard
house. for singing too loudly in the
streets of Berlin one night, as they were
returning from a students festival. In
Mr.. Whipple's essay on Motley the fol-
lowing aneCdote is told:
While Motlcywas American Minister
at the Austrian Court, Bismarck visited
Vienna to settle terms of peace with
the Emperor, who had been Prussia ;
ally in the war against Denmark, Ar
irving too late to 90 to the office of the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, he drove
to Motley's house, and found the Amer
lean Minister Just rising from 4 family
dinner. The old friends joined hands;
fresh viands were brought in from the
kitchen, and the old collegians chatted
merrilv over their student-life. 1t was
LONG after midnight when Bismarck de-
parted. unconscious OF or Indifferent to
the fact that the brain of every foreign
Ambassador at Vienna had been Won
dcrng ut this incident for hours What
meant this mysterious visit to the
American Minister? Was there to be IN
allianctbctwecn Prussia and the United
States? TclegiumS flew to London,
| Paris, Turin and ST. Petersburg. Di'
plomatiSts taxed their ingenuity to dis
cover what the long visit meant
Charles Sumner, us Chairman of thC
Senate Committee ON Foreign Rela'
lions. received private letters from
eminent persons abroad, nervously ask
inc what the interview signiiicd. Has
the United States, they asked, deter
mined 10 depart from non-interferenc'
in European affairs, as recommended
bv the immortal Washington? Mr.
Sumner, knowing the intimacy betweel
Motley and Bismarck, smiled, and year
after, the two gentlemen laughed heart
ily at the one humorous incident il
American diplomacy which disturbc'
the peace of Europe for two days
ToUih'S Companion.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16
The Haddock Murder Trial.

Sioux CRY, a., April S.-Leayitt was
recalled this morning by the defense in
the Haddock murder trial to identify
copies of his confession. In answer to
question of the defense, Lcavitt said he
did not know what he did say before
the coroner's jury. A mans life was
in danger then to tell what he knew.
The defense here offered in evidence
tho confession of Leavitt as whole, and
it was accepted, At this point the defense
rested. The evidence in rebuttal this af-
ternoon was extremely damaging to
Schmidt and other witnesses for the de-
fense. There is a large mass of testimony
of this character to be renewed, but IL IS
expected the State will close before ad-
journment tomorrow.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16

RICHMOND, IYD, April Son Monday,
Matte, the siX-ycal-old child of Francis f.
Rankin was playing with some grains of
corn at school, and one grain that she had
in her mouth was drawn into her wind
pipe, i"et""uy o"usinU o''si. oos~-a "t-~.
Cling that several commissions cnsucd.
A physician was promptly summoned,
but ere he arrived the grain of
corn passed down to the right lung,
and the child was taken bono to await dc
vclopments. At length the physician cX-
planned to the parents that the grain was
liable to ascend the wud-pipe at any
time and cause fatal strangulation
whercupon they consented TO have an
operation performed This was done
yesterday afternoon by cutting hole
in the throat and inserting "a tube to ar
rest the corn in its ascent; but the anGs-
thctic threw the child into paroxysm,
and while the physician worked against
hope, he completed the operation only to
be telephoned on returning TO his oifi2e
that the child was dying He hurried back
just in time to see it gasp its last, and was
unable to determine whether the corn had
choked it to death or it had died from the
effects of the operation and the anRsthetic.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16
PERSONAL AND lMPERSONAL,

Miss Emma Thursby declined an
offer of ten thousand dollars year to
sing in st. Bartholomew Church, New
York.
The Weekly Oceidental is San
Francisco newspaper printed wholly in
the Chinese language. Cincinnati
Times.
Mayor Filter, of Philadelphia, was
a poor boy in that city, and has won
his way to wealth and honor by his own
exertions.
Mrs. Margaret Brown, who dicd.re-
Gently in Pittsburgh, Pa, aged seventy
nine wears, missed but one communion
in tifty-three years.
The word ''it'sn is said not to occur
at all in the King James translation of
the Bible and but three or four times in
Shakespeare. Boston Globe.
--Yung Wing, Chinese convert, has
been elected President of the Connccti-
cut Congregational Church Club. He
| is a naturalized citizen, and married Il
Hartford lady.
Prof. Edward Olney, late of the
University Of Michigan, had a great
head. His brain weighed siXty-one
ounces, five ounces more than Web
ster's and twelve above the average.
Mrs. Patterns wedding present to
her daughter who Areeently married
Congressman Glover, was magniti-
cent full service of silver, accompanied
by check for hundred thousand dol
lars.
Mrs. Grant is in possession of
about two hundred letters written to
her by the General during his court
ship, which form, it is said, 1.-THE most
exact and accurate history of the Mex
lean war ever made"
"A gentleman who wanted to con-
suit the poet Tennyson about some lit
crary work wrote twenty letters When
the answer came it tersely stated:
Dear Sir-It is fact, alas, but no
fancy, that half my letters are un-
opened"
NANNY Wilson, who has kept
fruit stand in New Orleans for sixty
years, is dead. She was II marvelously
successful yellow-fever nurse, and had
labored in every epidemic since 1917,
and had many medals and diplomas to
attest her skill
General Greedy, chief of the
weather bureau, does not look like an
adventurous hero. He is tall and
slender. with dark hair and whiskers
parted in the middle, and which, with
his eyeglasses and curious accent, gives
him the bearing of very languid man
of fashion.
"A drama. entitled lie Chateau de
Kronburg," and written by the King
of Sweden, is shortly to be pi oduced
at the German Theater at Buda-Pesth.
: 1t i, in onc act, and Is founded on an
episode of the war between Sweden and
Denmark in the seventeenth century,
NJ v e,.-
In his address at the dedication
. of the new Brooks library building at
Brattleboro', Vt, Hon. Mellen Cham
: berlain, of the Boston Public Library,
said that "before 100 there was not in
Massachusetts, so far as known, a copy
q of Shakespeare's or Milton's poems
! and as late as 1928 whatever may have
been in private hands, Harvard College
, library lacked Addison, Atterbury,
Bolingbroke, Dryden, Gay, Locke
e Pope, Prior, Steel, Swift and Young
-CMiStidR Union.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16
PRAIRIE FIRES.
Dreadful Loss II IIIe and Property in
Kansas.

A1cnisoN, KAs, April E.-No less than
fifteen persons have been burned 10 death
by the prairie fires winch, starting near
NlcodemuS, Graham County, nave swept
northwest on an air lfnc into Norton
County, destroying every thing in path
that IN places is from two and half
to seven miles wide-a great roaring
sea OF flame rolling In Tremendous
sheets under the impetus Of the high
wind, which prevailed all day Sat
urday and night, Starting on the south
fork of the Solomon river in Graham
County, the irc swept north to the north
fork, which it crossed at Edmond sta.
tion on the Central Branch railroad III
Norton County, and at last accounts 1t was
still sweeping towards the northwest, dl-
aSonally across Norton County in the di-
rection of Decatur, the adjoining county
on the west, carrying destruction and
death ~ its path. Thousands OF head Of
stock OF all kinds have been burned, and
thousands Of tons OF hay, corn and wheat,
and from 100 to 10 houses and barns have
been destroyed. Tire people living along
the line of the fire have been left homeless
and destitute.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16

The coat tail t1lrtatlonlS the latest.
A wrinkled coat tail, bearing dusty toe
marks, means, Il have spoken to your
father
Queer, but True
We saw horse fly up the creek,
A catnip al her food;
We saw chestnut burr, and heard
A shell bark in the wood.
A new list of household hints con-
tains this; "Salt in the whitewash will
make it stick better" Investigating
committees should bear this in mind
Life.
An Irish editor, when refused per-
mission to fight duel with spectacles
on complained that he could not see to
shoot his father without them.-N T.
Ledger.
A Western paper announces that
upon the occasion of Il recent boiler en-
plosion in the neighborhood, "between
three and four men were killed. -
Little Giant.
There is something half humorous
in the paragraph which occasionally
appears in one of our contemporaries,
that lowing to the illness of Mr.. -
we are unable to present his Hints on
Health in this issue. Salt Lake Her.
aid.
--"lda says you can't come to see
| her any more" remarked a boy to the
admirer of his sister. "Why not?'
because you come seven nights in Il
week now, and how could You come
any more without spreading the week
| like blazesg'
A citizen always believed to be n
little near bought horse, and after
trial complained to the seller, neigh
Dor. that the animal sometimes over
reached To which the other party
responded, "Well, they say the same
of you. ~ Worcester Home Journal
He went yesterday afternoon to
take her to vespers. "Ah," she said as
she greeted him. Il never knew you
were musical Nor am l." he re-
piled. "Why, yes you are! Amt you
vesper him?' Then the concert be-
gan. Washington Critic.
A teacher is seeking TO inculcate
the idea of conscience. Now, then, y
he says at the conclusion of his argi-
ments, "when YOU commit a bad action
don't you feel pain somewhere" "Oh.
yes!' interrupts the pupil; directing his
hand to his posterior, "there-when
papa uses his shoe"
A manufacturer of bronze orna'
ments sent Il drummer to Texas, wher,
. he managed to get one small order. A
few weeks afterward the following cor
! respondence took place please send
your agent down this way again AZ
soon as possible" Reply-"It would
/, very much incommode me to do so al
present. How large an order do you
wish to makeP" Reply-'I did moi
I intend to order more goods. have
melted the lot your agent sold me into
bullets to shoot him with. "-Ac,cif"ce"
Mems.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16

LONDON, April 1.-THE Hyde Park dem
onstration in this city to-day to protest
against coercion in Ireland was the great
est demonstration ever known. There
were, it is estimated 10000 people pres
ent. At least tenth of London 5
five million people were at one point
or another, witnessing the process
sion or taking part as spectators or
auditors. A great ovation was given Mrs.
Gladstone and Mr Herbert Gladstone,
who sat on the balcony of Right Honorable
Edward Maioribapks house, No. l34 Plea
dilly, corner of Park and Lane. For over
two hours crowds remained in front Of the
house cheering for the Grand Old Man and
the "Grand Old Woman
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16
Initiating Bald Knobbers.

FULTON, Mo. April l2,--'rhe spirit of the
Bald Knobbcrs that has infested South
east Missouri for some months past, para
lying the interests and growth Of that
section of the State, has very recently
manifested itself in Galloway County. A
dcfeuseess woman and innocent children
have been shot at and pursued by un.
known men with shotguns. A man who
bears a fair reputation has been taken
out, and, with rcvoNcrs flashing in his
face, been compelled to submit to a terri
blp tOrpiuu
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16
A MASTERLY STYLE.


The IndescribabIe Charm Which Literature
Receives from Expression.
Gautier is one Of the writers who
prove how largely the form Of express
sion gives literature its charm and ideas
their interest When the French say
that the style is all important. they
! come very much nearer the truth than
n class Of English writers who regard
it as unImportant. Gautier was u
critic of much delicacy and justness Of
feeling, but he had no new ideas to
bring into the realm Of art or thought
! No man had less claim to be regarded
us a philosopher or sage. His views
of life were often intended to be anus
ing, and when not so intended they
usually furnish amusement for their
nairete and their simplicity. They
please us by the ignorance of life which
they display. Gautier looked at life
with the glance Of a child, who finds
in it much that is pretty and is wholly
| mconcerncd as to whether there is
aught to existence but picking flowers
and chasing butterflies. But the style
made every page that he wrote full of
| charm. He said of himself that his was
Il style Of adiectives. He thought that
the complications of modern life de-
manded supple and complex mode Of
expression, that should seek words in
all directions, colors from all palettes,
haImonics from all Tyres; his should
be like the light Of the setting
sun, that reflects through burning
cloud, its varied hues. Few men knew
or used 50 many words. He had the
contents of the dictionaries from
A TO Il. With an eye that saw all things
and command Of words that few could
equal, be eXccllcd in a gorgeous rich
ness of description. The things which
the eye could see, he saw more clearly,
| he described more yiyidly, than any
other writer of this day. OF the thing,
not visible to the eye, the whole world
could show no one else so obliviOus
His power Of perception was the more
intense, because he had no conception
of the things which were beyond hi
observation. He never dealt with thu
|, thoughts Of men, their inner life, thei
mental OF moral development, with thu
mysteries of life or the problems Of the
{ future. For him such questions had II,
| ~ 1 4. /
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16
Beaten to Death.

BEAVER FALLS, Pa, April 1O.-Recently
Cal Oharvey and Robert Welth, two boys,
about sixteen years of age, quarreled
about a young lady. Last night they met
on a train at Darlington Station, and
"a. ,gn Jvstleu uharNey as NO yas oa..i,,,,
of the car, Later the two came t6SGtnttf
again, and Oharvey assaulted Wclth with
loaded cane, beating him so badly over
the head that he died this morning, Char
vev has been arrested Both boys were
highly connected, and the afIray has
created sensation.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16

PITTSBURGH, April l0,-A Commercial Ga
lt'te Meadvile, Pa, special says: During
family quarrel last night, Mrs. John
Bucnhoi,z seized lighted lamp and hurled
il at her husbands head. The burning
missile exploded and in an instant both
husband and wife were enveloped in
flames. Buchholtz dragged his wife from
the burning building, but she was so badly
injured that death relieved her sufferings
at an early hour this morning. Buchholt2
was also terribly burned, and is now dying.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16

BUFFALO, n. Y, April 10. From all al.
vices at present obtainable by the editor
of T,qdh of this city, it is apparent that
the printers in the International Typo
graphical Union have, by an overwhelm-
ing majority decided in favor of nine
hours being the limit of days work in all
book, job and newspaper Offices. The vote
was taken between February lst and
April 1st, and the returns will now go to
the next annual convention of printers
which will open in this city June q.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16
LICKED UP BY FLAMES.
pire Disaster in the Oldest Town in
America.

ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA, April PA fire
started al 3:3O this morning destroyed the
81. Augustine hotel, the cathedral and two
the fire was cxtinguished, One female
emplOye is reported burned TO death, No
other casualties are recorded. The total
loss viii reach about syOOOnD. The origin
OF the fire is not yet known. The burned
cathedral was built in 1888, and was u
large and splendid edItice Of the Moorish
style Of architecture. The town belonge |
to England at the time the cathedral was
built, buswas cedcd to the United States
in 1919. All of the scvcnty-siX guests at
the ST Augustine got out IN safety.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16

--"Dearest, said afond but practical
lover after the wedding-day had been
set, "can you-er-do you know how
to sweep" "Sweepp" repeated the girl,
with a proud glitter in her eye. "At
the party tomorrow night. George.
dear, just watch me as 4 sweep into the
roomr' Hdyper's Bdsdr.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16
An Enormous Meteor.

MARION, o., April lo.-An enormous me-
,cor passed over Marion at twenty minutes
past eight o'clock this evening from west
TO east, Illuminating the streets with a
bright blue light sufficient to make print
readable. 1t was apparently the size OF u
desset- plate, and was visible fully min
,,tA
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16
LONG TRANCE.
\ Woman who Has Been Asleep for Three

JOLIET, III, April ll.-Another remark
able case of Il person lying in trance for
long time was brought to light to-day
in this city. Mrs. Lizzie Herbert, the wife
of switchmau and the mother
Of six children, has not spoken n
word nor opened her eyes in three
months. Fluid food has to be forced into
her mouth. When an attempt is made
to feed her the jaws close rgidly and the
lips are compressed. The woman is re
duced to Il mere skeleton. The physicians
acran, ,tL,t rho ie ,i-.oI ,,.ith catatnner
though the suspension of muscularp power
volition and sense has lasted longer than
such cases usually do. The doctors will let
the case run along till warm weather,
when electrical apparatus will be used TO
revive the long sleeper.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16
aNcr Those Silver Spoons.

WASHINGTON, April s.-General Butler,
in an examination in suit against him in
the court of claims, gave deposition eX-
planning how he came by the Twlggs
swords and slvcrware captured at New
Orleans, and what disposition he made OF
them. He says when he last heard OF
them they were in the Treasury Depart
tppnt
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16

Cn,cAGo, April 1.-THE office OF the City
Health Department was besiegcd today
by people desiring to be VacciEatel This
morning several families from the neigh
borhood in which the stricken Italian Cas-
SELF lodged. informed The officials of tho
Health Department that the plague had
already commenced to spread, and that
several families in the district were down
with the infection.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16
-Josepb Rabbit, a fireman at tn,

Joseph Rabbit, q fireman at the
courthouse in st. Louis, has fallen
heir to $4,000, 900 by the death of his
uncle, also named Joseph Rabbit, at
Melbourne, Australia. This is species
of Australian Rabbit whose rapid null
tiplication would be immensely popu-
lar in this country.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16

-"I carry my books in my head and
the cash in my pocket" said the treas
urcr. THAT explains it," said tho
president. Your head is much larger
than your pocket, so it is only natural
that you should always have five times
as many entries us you have half as
much cash. "-Brookiyn Eagle.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16
Rinfnus l.mi1rnnis :.

DENVER, Col, April ll,-Recent arrivals
of Swcde, Pole and Hungarian emigrants
iudulged in riotous fight in this city last
night, brought about by too much beer.
A Pole named Riboritch was killed and
several persons were severely wounded.
1t required a large force of police armed
with Winchester rifles to quell the riot and
make arrests.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16
Ohio's Centennial {

ClYcrNSArl, April 10-The Cincinnati
Exposition Commissioners have deter.
mined that the Centennial Exposition
shall be held in buildings in Washington
Park, along the line of the canal, and in
tic Music Hall buildings. The general
building in Washington Park is to be in
the form of q cross, GOO feet north and
south. 400 feet east and west, and $50 feet
in width to a large central dome to cover
tha 1ala
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N.,v DESIGNS for Coins.

WAsu,NcroN, April s,--The Director oil
the Mint. under the provisions of Sec.
ton 55iO, r. s., and with the approvai OF
the Secretary Of the Treasury, mas Is,
sued n circular inviting designs Tor
tho diverse and reverse for the siiVe,
dollar and the mino. coins Of the United
states An award Of not TO exceed soV
will be made for each accepted SET Oh n W.
signs The circular is addressed TO wen,
known artists, and invites them TO STUDY
The coins belonging to the cabinet OF '''
mint at Philadelphia, which contains ,s.st, seI +
sral nattern pieces, the designs OF wh,vn y'
ARC believed to be superior 10 those OF se''
srai Of tho current coins,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16
A Kings Birthday.

AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND, April 1o.-Thls
,i,v is crowded with people viewing the
decorations, triumphal arches and other
preparations for the celebration OF .ho
sovcn,ie,h birthday of the King oil the
Netherlands, next Tuesday, when the KING
uill cnicr the city in state.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16
New Linunr Inv in Kansas.

TOPEKA, KAs., April 1O.-The new Kan
sas liquor law makes it necessary for
man desiring to open drugstore to have
twenty-five women signers to the petition,
and any person who buys liquor must 60
before a notary public and make affidavit
ne n what use he will mako of it, and that
!, Ia M, intended for beverage.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16
Indiana Slate House 10 Be Finished.

INDIANAPOLIS, lNp., April l2,-W II.
Howard, the contractor on the new State
House, has determined to go on with his
contract and complete the building, not
wilhstanding tho failure Of the Lcgisla-
turc to make the necessary appropria-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16
Kissanc i'm British Columbia.

OAKLAND, CAL, April 1l,-Kissane has
gone out of the country to await the re-
suit of the motion to quash the indictment
in New York to-day, He is at Victoria, b.
c. NJ. o. r. Pendleton, Senators Hearst,
Beck, Jones and Stewart are reported
here as working hard with d. o. Mills and
Whitelaw Reid to aid Kissane. The San
Francisco papers refuse to print line
about the case, but ten thousand copies OF
the Sacramento Be- were sold on the
streets yesterdayA No sensation here has
ever eaualed this exposure.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16

CITY OF MEXICO, April s.--(via Calves
ton. 1.-THE movement for extending the
term of the President has taken new
phase, and Congress, instead of acting on
the project for making flexible term, Will
probably adopt resolution repeating the
amendment to the constitution forbdding
the immediate reelection of the Chief
| Magistrate.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16
Strange Coincidence,

PEORIA, Ill, April ll.-A case of re-
markable coincidence has just been
brought TO light Some time ago Pat Cor
more was killed on u railroad here, aud IL
now transpires that his brother was killed
in Pennsylvania in the same way, day and
hour,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16
Harrison Monument Commission.

CoLlMBrs, O., April Ex-Governor For
akcr this morning appointed Edward F,
Moves, W. S. Grocsbcck, John Smpllin'
son, Andrew Hickcnlooper, 7. a. O'Con'
nor, A. Z. Jones and Leopold Bnrkhardt
as commissioners for the erection OF
monument to General Harrison.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-16
Horrible Fate OF Five Children.

MoSrGoMERY, ALA, April IA negro
living near Gre'nville, Ala, went of at
night. leaving five children the eldest
eleven years of age, locked up in house.
| While he was absent the house caught fire
and the children were all burned to death.